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Feature
30th September 2015
India, climate change and another health related crisis Aditi Paul, CDKN’s country programme manager for India reflects on the link between climate change and the ongoing dengue virus outbreak in New Delhi
Event
30th September 2015
Cities are moving ahead on climate compatible development Maria Jose Pacha, CDKN's Knowledge and Networks Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean, will provide insights into how city leaders are designing and delivering on climate compatible development. She will share experience and examples from ten CDKN-supported projects across the region.
Feature
29th September 2015
New learning project will explore how to scale up local successes in climate compatible development Mairi Dupar of CDKN introduces a new learning initiative that will explore and document some of the 'ingredients' for scaling up successful pilot projects in climate compatible development.
Feature
25th September 2015
Colombia’s national climate pledge: Towards the Paris Summit Claudia Martinez is CDKN's Senior Strategic Advisor for Colombia and also advises the national government on green growth. Here, she reports on the scope and significance of Colombia's national climate pledge in the run-up to the critical United Nations Summit in Paris in December.
Feature
22nd September 2015
The importance of Nepal’s hydropower sector for climate compatible and low carbon development As Nepal looks towards the hydropower sector to generate future growth, Dr. Divas B Basnyat, Team Leader, Nepal Development Research Institute (NDRI) reports on a CDKN-funded technical assistance project to the Government of Nepal. He outlines how Nepal’s climate change policy and hydropower development in the country are inextricably linked.
Feature
21st September 2015
Climate resilience and economic resilience go hand in hand Policy-makers should tackle the twin opportunities of climate resilience and economic resilience together, argue Adrianna Kocornik-Mina and Sam Fankhauser of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change.
Feature
18th September 2015
Adaptation innovation needed in Africa In the midst of climate negotiation preparations, CDKN Africa’s Webster Whande reflects on innovation approaches in adaptation on the African continent.
Feature
17th September 2015
CDKN’s film “For a safer future” gets its Indian premiere Aditi Paul, CDKN’s Country Programme Manager for India reports on the premiere of ‘For a safer future – Insights on climate resilience from India’, a well-received film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district.
Feature
16th September 2015
Mandy Barnett on climate adaptation projects as a framework for investment Mandy Barnett of the South African National Biodiversity Institute on how climate adaptation projects should form the basis of a framework of investment and how National Implementing Entities - the organisations accredited to receive money from the Adaptation Fund - can benefit their home countries.
News
14th September 2015
Gorakhpur film in high demand at India launch “For a safer future: Insights on climate resilience from India” – the new film charting the experiences of Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) to integrate climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their flood-prone district – received a rousing reception at its launch in India last week.
Completed
Project
Completed
Project : Planning for Climate Change (PlanCC) - Phase II

The goal of Phase II is to contribute to the design and development of public policies, tools and methodologies for developing low greenhouse gas emissions.

Feature
9th September 2015
Coordinating climate action between the national and the local level This blog looks at how integrating and coordinating national and subnational initiatives can scale up sustainable urban transportation initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean.